A purposeful march, up down up down through supermarket isles. Others pushing past as I march, ‘excuse me’ ‘sorry’ ‘excuse me’ ‘sorry’. As I look round at my passers by one by one they lose their heads; the heads, they do not fall to the ground they do not leave a trace, they just vanish. [...]
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(The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson, Penguin Modern Classics, 1949, RRP 9.99, Gothic Tales, Elizabeth Gaskell, Penguin Classics 2004, RRP 10.99 & The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter, Vintage Classics 2006, RRP 7.99) If, like me, you dragged yourself out of bed this morning and were greeted by a scene not entirely un-reminiscent of the [...]
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